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# OTLP

The OTLP backend is **ingest-only**, and exports the logs via [OTLP](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otlp/) to any tool or service that supports it.

## Behaviour and configurations

### Configuration

The backend can be configured with the following options:

- `:endpoint` (string, required) - The URL of the OTLP endpoint.
- `:protocol` (string) - The protocol to use for sending logs. For now, only `"http/protobuf"` is supported and it is a default value.
- `:gzip` (boolean) - Enables gzip compression for the request. Defaults to `true`.
- `:headers` (map) - A map of additional headers to set when making the HTTP request. Defaults to an empty map.
